hold firm

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hold firm - refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief

insist, take a firm stand - be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; "I must insist!"

hunker down - hold stubbornly to a position; "The wife hunkered down and the husband's resistance began to break down"

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If you will hold firm, sir--and you look as if you would--I think we may see it."

It's the only way to handle them; and we've got to take hold firm right at the beginning.

"I did hold firm." And he looked with unwavering eyes at the rows of books, as if--at what cost!--he had won a victory over them.

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